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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Bridgeport Boss steppers

Posted by John Murphy
on 2012-11-02 05:39:20 UTC
I use the original steppers on my bossV with G203V's and it works great.



On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:28 PM, scyvt <scy@...> wrote:

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> Hello group
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> In searching the archives for advise on updating the controls on a
> Bridgeport Boss CNC mill, I found differing opinions regarding the
> usefulness of the original stepper motors. Les Newell stated that he had
> "no end of problems" until he replaced his, while Marv Frankel reported
> that gecko 203's drove the original ones just fine.
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> While it seems clear that new motors would improve performance, if
> possible I would prefer to hold off on that expense until I could use the
> machine to make the money to buy them. Has anybody besides Marv found the
> original steppers to be satisfactory, if only as a temporary measure?
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> TIA
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> Steve
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